[Tom]

Oh just adding my penny on teenage pregnancy because I didn't before. I don't think a 16 year old is the most capable of raising a child but if they have their family behind them and the baby has two parents, or a role model of each sex then I see no problem with it. There is a certain stigma attached to it but some people have babies at young ages for more reasons than benefits. A friend of mine is 18 and is pregnant at the minute. Her reason? There is some condition in her family that means as they get older they become less and less fertile. But I do hold the belief that younger parents (ie 25 and under) aren't exactly ideal because of them getting their education and careers on track and personally I won't choose to have any until at least 25 but if the child is loved and well looked after then where is the problem?

The under lying thing is that they have chosen to have the baby. The option is there to get rid of it, and even if it goes against their religion and they felt that strongly I think they would go through with an abortion if they felt that strongly about it.